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10 times metal bands worked with really unlikely collaborators

From members of the Monty Python crew to famous evolutionary biologists, here are some of the strangest hook-ups in rock history

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John Cleese reunites with Monty Python members at Fawlty Towers West End show

The comedy greats posed for photos with the cast of the West End stage adaptation of the beloved sitcom

Evening Standard

The week in TV: Miriam: Death of a Reality Star; The Tattooist of Auschwitz; A Man in Full; Shardlake; Michael Palin in Nigeria – review

TV continues to circle around tragic reality star Miriam Rivera; Sky’s Auschwitz drama is more love story than horror; Jeff Daniels leads a bristling Tom Wolfe adaptation; and Disney’s fine Shardlake does CJ Sansom proud

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TV tonight: Michael Palin concludes his epic trip across Nigeria

The comedian, author and presenter learns about the long shadow of British colonialism. Plus: it’s the Interior Design Masters final. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: two become three in an explosive new dating show

Love Triangle takes modern relationships to the next level. Plus, Michael Palin continues his tour of Nigeria. Here’s what to watch today

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: how a bargain basement horse beat racing’s finest

He’s owned by a group of ordinary blokes from Darlington and won at York races in 2022 – can he do it again? Plus, Michael Palin heads to Nigeria. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

How to watch Michael Palin in Nigeria online or on TV

Here's how you can watch Michael Palin in Nigeria, which hits screens on Tuesday, April 16.

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Five Great Reads: Michael Palin, small homes and confessions of a sociopath

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

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Michael Palin on the loss of his wife of 57 years: ‘I’d love Helen to still be here, telling me off’

At 80, the comedian, author and presenter is off on his travels again - this time to Nigeria. He discusses grief, comedy and confrontation

The Guardian - UK

Michael Palin In Nigeria: release date, destinations, episode guide, trailer, interview and everything we know

Michael Palin In Nigeria on Channel 5 sees the Monty Python star take a 1300-mile journey across Nigeria.

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TV tonight: a super trouper night in for Abba fans

A lovely oral history about the Swedish pop group’s time in the UK. Plus, Michael Palin and Anthony Joshua join Jonathan Ross. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Tristram Powell obituary

TV director who made dramas by some of the top screenwriters of the 1980s and 90s, such as Alan Bennett and Alan Plater

The Guardian - UK

Eric Idle expresses dissatisfaction with Monty Python financial matters on X

Eric Idle, founding member of Monty Python, has recently made some controversial claims about the group. Find out what he had to say about finances, relati...

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Great-Uncle Harry by Michael Palin audiobook review – a personal first world war story

The beloved Python narrates his touching tribute to a long-lost relative who was killed at the Somme

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Crumbling churches are ‘UK’s biggest heritage challenge’

Thousands of places of worship have shut since 2013 and more than 900 on ‘heritage at risk’ register

The Guardian - UK

David Leland obituary

British director and screenwriter who enjoyed huge success with his 1987 hit film Wish You Were Here

The Guardian - UK

Wish You Were Here director David Leland dies aged 82

The British film-maker also wrote the landmark TV play Made in Britain, starring Tim Roth, and won an Emmy award for Band of Brothers

The Guardian - UK

‘Robert De Niro prepared to play a plumber by watching a brain surgeon’: Terry Gilliam and Jonathan Pryce on making Brazil

De Niro agreed because he was a Python fan, Gilliam cast his daughter but she cut her hair off in protest – and Pryce needed a wig as he’d just been playing a friar with a tonsure

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Cinemablend

32 Famous Comedians That Did Sketch Comedy But Were Never SNL Cast Members

Not all sketch comedy heroes were in the SNL cast.

The Guardian - UK

Great-Uncle Harry by Michael Palin review – a soldier’s life

The actor and comedian reconstructs the story of a relative who died at the Somme to quietly devastating effect

The Independent UK

Michael Palin opens up about grief after death of Helen, his wife of 57 years

The ‘Monty Python’ star met wife Helen Gibbins as a teenager

The Guardian - UK

Football transfer rumours: Bayern back for one last Kane bid? Again?

Kyle Walker to snub Bayern? | West Ham to land Ward-Prowse? | Maguire off to Everton?

The Guardian - UK

Malcolm Mowbray obituary

Film-maker who directed the 1984 classic A Private Function, starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith

The Independent UK

Michael Palin to feature in new exhibition celebrating 75 years of NHS charities

The series is led by renowned artist Rankin and NHS Charities Together, the national charity caring for the NHS.

The Independent UK

Sledge flag used during 19th-century polar search saved for nation

Michael Palin and Dan Snow backed the campaign to raise £120,000 to stop the Kellet sledge flag from passing to an overseas private collector.

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